Name____________________________
Date________
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Bill to Law
Directions – Below there are ten steps a bill must go through to become a law. Place
the ten steps in chronological order. Notice the first one has been done for you. The
bill is going to start in the House of Representatives.
_________ President signs the bill or vetoes the bill
____1_____ Bill is introduced in the House of Representatives
_________ Bill goes to Committee in the Senate where it is either killed, amended, or
accepted
_________ Bill is voted on and passes in the Senate
_________ Bill is voted on and passes the House of Representatives
_________ If the President vetoes the bill the Congress can override with a 2/3 vote
_________ The Supreme Court can rule the law Constitutional or Unconstitutional
_________ Bill goes to Committee in the House of Representatives where it is killed,
amended or accepted
_________ Bill is introduced in the Senate